He rolled out pizza toppings Monaghan probably never dreamed of: squid, teriyaki chicken, potato with mayonnaise and Camembert cheese with mille-feuille puff-pastry crust.

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He hits the quintessential barbecue dishes, pork ribs and beef brisket, but also planked camembert cheese, soft-shell crab sliders, bacon wrapped prunes stuffed with gouda, porchetta, Thai chicken skewers, Korean beef tacos, lobster, shrimp, oysters, Cambodian style chicken, Argentinean, Brazilian and Peruvian dishes, even grilled Angel food cake.

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Stock up on picnic fixings of manuka wood-smoked New Zealand venison salami from Basecamp Salamis and organic camembert from The Cheese Barn, and catch a ferry from the nearby Fullers terminal to the art galleries and vineyards of Waiheke Island.

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If there were a royal court of cheese, camembert would unquestionably be queen.

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